The Residential Care Homes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Information about fees

5.—(1) The registered person shall provide to each resident, by not later than the day on which he becomes a resident, a statement specifying –

(a) the fees payable by or in respect of the resident for the provision to the resident of any of the following services –

(i) residential accommodation with board; and

(ii) personal care;

and, except where a single fee is payable for those services, the services to which each fee relates;

(b) the method of payment of the fees and the person by whom the fees are payable.

(2) The registered person shall notify the resident at least 28 days in advance of –

(a) any increase in the fees referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and payable by or in respect of the resident;

(b) any variation in the matters referred to in paragraph (1)(b).

(3) Where a HSS Trust has made arrangements for the provision of residential accommodation with board and personal care at the residential care home and the charge made exceeds the fee paid, the registered person shall in the individual written agreement –

(a) record the reason for the additional charge;

(b) by whom it will be paid; and

(c) list the services, if any, provided for it.

(4) Where a nursing contribution is paid in respect of nursing care provided to the resident, the registered person shall provide to the resident a statement specifying –

(a) the date payment commenced and the amount of the nursing care contribution; and

(b) the date on which the registered person is to deduct the amount of the nursing contribution from the fees referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or pay that amount to the resident.

(5) In this regulation “nursing care contribution” means a payment by a HSS Trust to the registered person in respect of nursing care to be provided to a resident, but does not include a payment where –

(a) the HSS Trust has made arrangements for the provision of accommodation to the resident; and

(b) the payment relates to any period for which under those arrangements accommodation is provided to the resident.